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The Occupation of Lima by the Chilean Army was an event that happened during the War of the Pacific between 1881 and 1883. Lima was defended by the remnants of the Peruvian army and crowds of civilians in the lines of San Juan and Miraflores. As the invading army advanced, the towns of Chorrillos and Barranco were occupied on January 13 of the same year while the town of Miraflores was captured on the 16 of January, after the Battle of Miraflores;〔(The humiliation of Peru; The battles which preceded the occupation of Lima )〕 finally the city of Lima was occupied on January 17. ==Developments== In January 1881, Chile controlled the sea along the coasts of Peru, as well as the provinces of Tacna, Arica and Tarapacá. The Chilean troops disembarked in the Peruvian towns of Pisco and Chilca, located to the south of Lima. General Manuel Baquedano was in control of the army of Chile during the Lima campaign. Lima was going to be defended at first by the remaining Peruvian army and by a vast number of civilians in the line of San Juan - Chorrillos; the American engineer Paul Boyton narrates that "'' the troops were of natives who had been recruited in the mountain ranges and forced to fight, hundreds of them never had seen before a city'' ". On the other hand, the strategic line of Miraflores was defended by more troops than civilians. Nonetheless, and with little effective Peruvian central government remaining, Chile pursued an ambitious campaign throughout Peru, especially along the coast and in the central Sierra, penetrating as far north as Cajamarca, seeking to eliminate any source of resistance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Occupation of Lima」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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